lucency
- noun
- /luːˈsɛnsi/
:
transparencia
- The artist admired the lucency of the stained glass window as sunlight streamed through.
Examples
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The lucency of the glass allows light to shine through beautifully.
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The artist admired the lucency of the watercolors.
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The X-ray revealed a region of lucency in the patient's bone.
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Modern smartphone screens are designed for maximum lucency and clarity.
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The artist admired the lucency of the stained glass window as sunlight streamed through.
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The lucency of the glass allows light to shine through beautifully.
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Modern smartphone screens are designed for maximum lucency and clarity.
Synonyms
5
4.6
To let light pass so you can see objects behind
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6.8
A quality that lets light through but hides clear shapes, like frosted glass
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6.9
Allowing light to pass so shapes on the other side are not clear
How clear something is so you can see through it
Clear water or glass that lets light pass so you can see through
Clear and easy to see through like glass or water
Clear quality that makes something easy to see or understand
The degree to which a material lets light pass through it
The quality of letting light pass so you can partly see through something
Letting some light pass while hiding a clear view of things behind
Antonyms
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lucency comes from the Latin root luc- meaning 'light' or 'to shine', just like in the word luminous. It means the quality of letting light through, so a material with lucency looks partly 'see-through' or bright.